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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1880
Page
3
Observations recorded at the same moment across all stations within the Feuniaui unit. Data note time 4 17 AM with 14 1380 sequence referenced in the report.
Commissioner Marker plans to attend the masquerade ball in costume and has bought tickets. N Levy just returned from San Francisco, while L Siegel and M Siegel also arrived from that city. Deputy U.S. Marshal Ruse, who escorted Jones to Carson, passed through town en route to Austin. C W Johnston departed for Unionville for a week, Elias Joncas, Moses Remington of Sedan Mill foreman, W C Ricord, and L H Morse of Paradise are in town and bound for California.
H C Marker and Co reduced hay price to 16 dollars per ton by the car load delivered at the depot. They feed over head of stock at their ranch and still have hay on hand to fill all orders.
Colonel Hardin ships twelve carloads of beef cattle today from this station to San Francisco. He states this will be his last shipment for the season and notes he has shipped over 5,000 head from this station this winter.
The New York Mining Record questions the Rye Patch financial state while noting its sheriff sale and disposal to creditors now sold to new buyers. Miners report the mine may be sound, with Morrison and O'Donnell preparing to restart the mill, while eastern shareholders lean toward loss.
The quartz mill at Oreana is to be moved to Trinity District to process ore from the Numa mills. Built in Trinity Canyon west of Oreana, it operated after a move to Humboldt river before returning to Trinity. The Nuvia Company now owns it, tied to the Evening Star mine. Passenger rail fares from San Francisco to New York are cut, with class rates at $100, $75, and $45 for different classes. A Sunday School concert at the M E Church features Miss Enya Linn reciting The Blue and the Gray for a large audience.
A special meeting of Winnemucca Lodge No. 19 F and A M will be held at 7 o clock this evening.
John A. Jones was arrested in Carson by Deputy U S Marshal Ruse of Winnemucca for forgery. He faced a preliminary examination before U S Court Commissioner Edwards and was bound over $2500 to appear Wednesday with all witnesses. He telegraphed to Ware in Michigan from Battle Mountain and signed L G Ware’s name to a dispatch for $50. He later checked into a hotel as L G Ware and kept up the ruse until the forged receipt was found and a arrest followed.
Rev Mr Warringtop will officiate at the M E Church Sunday service at 11 am with Sunday School following. An evening concert by the children is planned for 7 pm and the public is invited to attend.
The Bulletin lists slaughter rates per pound for beef and veal by quality, with beef Prime at 7 and 8 cents and veal large calves at 64 to 7 cents. It also notes eighteen ore samples from the Bayfield mine in IXL District assaying from $25 to $200 per ton, averaging around $80, from a shaft sunk to forty six feet.
Mr. Remington reports the Bullion of Maralise Mining Company will install five additional stamps at the Lean Mill. The required machinery has been ordered to support the expansion.
Two men arrested last Sunday on burglary charges, who identified themselves as Lewis and Foster, are being examined today before Justice Osborn.
One of Alex Wise's teams loads at the depot with 20000 pounds of freight destined largely for the Quarter Master at Boise Barracks in Idaho.
Car-loads of redwood fence posts arrive from San Francisco at about a dollar each. The note warns buyers to verify Uncle Harris store with the address 227 Kearny Street between Bush and Sutter, urging buyers to seek his guarantee to avoid fraud.
The Winne maces Nevada postoffice lists several names including Archer Briscoe Nelson Cook Frazer Blith Kessler Linebarger Little Lindsey Pinton Peeble Pastor Samson Starke Wadsworth Willis and others as advertised February 1880. Recipients should claim letters by stating advertised Feb 1 1880.
The passage urges beware winter illness and promotes Bosener's German Syrup for throat and lung diseases, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pains, Shiloh's Con sumption Cure for coughs and lung issues, and Shiloh's Vitalizer for digestion. It cites druggists like C. A. DeSaussure and includes pricing and assurances.
The item lists G H Mumm & Co Dry Veuve champagne at Frank Freson's Fashion Sample House and notes free lunch nightly at A D Williams Palace Saloon. It also advertises perfumes by Hackmetack sold by A DeSaussere in Winnemucca Nevada and other items including watches by Practical Watchmaker Geo F Jackson with J E Sabine. The ad references Aunt Celery Salad at Dee's Lynn Stan and Boston Makes and Brown Bread at Dog’s Lone Stas.
Fragmentary notice lists a repair service by Thomas Barby proprietor in Winneiiten with prices at 2 percent. The legible date reads July 870, indicating a historical but unclear timestamp.
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